高三英语一轮复习词汇专练

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届高三英语一轮复习词汇专练

1. I'm afraid this p ainting is not by Picasso. It's only a copy and so it's _____.

A. priceless

B. invaluable

C. unworthy

D. worthless

2. The final _____ of the play will take place on Monday.

A. action

B. performance

C. view

D. sight

3.

To

get

my

travelers'

checks

I

had

to

have

the

bank

_____

a

special

check

for

the

total

amount.

A. make up

B. make out

C. make for

D. make up for

4. I used to be able to play well but I'm _____ now.

A. out of date

B. out of touch

C. out of practice

D. out of place

5.

As

soon

as

the

children

were

_____,

their

mother

got

them

out

of

bed

and

into

the

bathroom.

A. woke

B. waken

C. wake

D. awake

6. The government's strong action showed its _____ to crush the rebellion.

A. energy

B. brief

C. determination

D. encourage

7. When she heard from the hospital that her father had died, she _____ into tears.

A. burst

B. went

C. exploded

D. fell

8. _____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.

A. In spite of

B. But for

C. Because of

D. As for

9. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.

A. sum

B. quantity

C. deal

D. amount

10. They always kept on good _____ with their next- door neighbors for the children's sake.

A. friendship

B. relations

C. relatives

D. terms

11.

The

generation

_____

makes

it

difficult

for

parents

to

understand

their

children's

opinions.

A. division

B. gap

C. separation

D. valley

12. If the boy had _____ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him.

A. set

B. left

C. had

D. put

13. I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination.

A. regard

B. account

C. thought

D. observation

14. Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.

A. ordinary

B. common

C. usual

D. general

15. We can't _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.

A. hope

B. wait

C. expect

D. imagine

16. Jack is good, kind, hard- working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.

A. As a result

B. By the way

C. In any case

D. In a word

17. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.

A. average

B. ordinary

C. regular

D. normal

18. He has left his book here on _____, so that you can read it.

A. purpose

B. design

C. aim

D. meaning

19.

The

open

university

was

started

in

order

to

help

those

who

_____

having

a

university

education when they were young.

A. stopped

B. failed

C. missed

D. paused

20. His _____of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly.

A. shape

B. pattern

C. design

D. model

21. It isn't so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____.

A. above all

B. in all

C. at all

D. after all

22. Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want.

A. efforts

B. pains

C. attempts

D. advantage

23. Comrade Li Dazhao, _____ librarian of Beijing University, was one of the founders of the

Chinese Communist Party.

A. sometimes

B. sometime

C. some time

D. some times

24. Alice was very sorry to hear that her grandmother had _____ two days before.

A. broken off

B. passed off

C. given away

D. passed away

25. Radar enables the pilot of an airliner to take off, fly and land in _____.

A. danger

B. comfort

C. continuity

D. safety

26. Our Party has always devoted great attention to raising the living _____ of the working

people.

A. cost

B. situation

C. level

D. standard

27. It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten

percent.

A. noticed

B. stated

C. suggested

D. noted

28. I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she would not listen to me.

A. warned

B. persuaded

C. suggested

D. notice

29. The microphone enabled them to keep in touch, in other words, it made it _____ for them

to contact each other.

A. likely

B. capable

C. possible

D. probable

30. In spite of the thunderstorm, the children slept _____ all night.

A. densely

B. soundly

C. loudly

D. noisily

31. He thought this was the first pair of shoes that had fitted him _____.

A. perfectly

B. justly

C. fairly

D. rightly

32. The _____ of his clothes indicated too clearly that he had been playing football.

A. state

B. condition

C. occasion

D. situation

33.

Stressful

environments

lead

to

unhealthy

behaviors

such

as

poor

eating

habits,

which

_____ increase the risk of heart disease.

A. in turn

B. in return

C. by chance

D. by turns

34. And you find that you're not to be _____ with a position of real responsibility.

A. offered

B. trusted

C. furnished

D. equipped

35. There was a good _____ of the countryside from the front of the bus.

A. sight

B. view

C. scene

D. scenery

36. I could tell he was surprised from the _____ on his face.

A. appearance

B. view

C. sight

D. expression

37. I'd like to take _____ of this opportunity to thank you all for your cooperation.

A. profit

B. benefit

C. advantage

D. interests

38. If you ever have the _____ to go abroad to work, you should take it.